Fun with Ubuntu

I will get my old computer working as a test server! Well technically it’s my old, old, old computer but that is how fast things move these days ;). But yeah, I really want to get it working so I can install PHP5 on it and compatability test my scripts more. Plus if it’s networked the file transfers will be blindingly fast compared to uploading it to my VPS.

So far I’ve managed to get the old computer functioning in terms of hardware. I bid on some memory a few days ago which arrived this morning – £2 (including P&P!) for 128mb, I was well impressed. I managed to find the keyboard, mouse and power lead too so that’s all sorted. Also the second hard drive is now working which is what I did my Ubuntu install on.

The problem I am having now though is that when I tell it to boot up Ubuntu at Grub it runs the boot command then just restarts. I managed to find what I hope is a solution on the forums though. Apparently there is a problem with the server disk so I’m now downloading the alternative install disk ISO.

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